The University of Maryland, College Park was awarded a $500,000 Project Grant by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) on September 1, 2024. The grant will support a project titled "FULL-POWER, IN SITU FOCAL-SPOT ASSESSMENT OF PETAWATT LASERS" with a completion date of August 31, 2025. The project aims to advance scientific research and technological capabilities in the field of high-power laser systems, which have significant...
The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science awarded a $1,050,000 Project Grant to the University of Maryland, College Park (UMD) under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049). The grant, with a performance period from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2025, supports UMD's research to develop a "PRODUCTIVE AI-ASSISTED HPC SOFTWARE ECOSYSTEM". As a prominent research-intensive university, UMD will leverage its extensive academic and research capabilities in...
The University of Maryland, College Park received a $268,000 Project Grant award under the Department of Energy's Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to conduct fundamental algorithmic research toward quantum utility. The research project, titled "FAR-QU: Fundamental Algorithmic Research Toward Quantum Utility," will run from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2025. The university will leverage its extensive academic and research capabilities in quantum computing,...
The University of Maryland, College Park received a $964,400 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Energy's Nuclear Energy Research, Development and Demonstration program (CFDA 81.121) to conduct comprehensive research, development, and demonstration initiatives to advance nuclear energy science and technology. The award, which has a performance period from August 1, 2024 to September 30, 2027, supports the university's efforts to address technical, cost, safety, security, and...
The University of Maryland, College Park received a $208,140 Project Grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Nuclear Energy under the Nuclear Energy Research, Development and Demonstration program (CFDA #81.121) for the period of October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2022. The grant funding supports the University's provision of scientific infrastructure to support nuclear energy research through the Nuclear Energy University Programs. As described in the program details, the...
The University of Maryland, College Park received a $772,251 federal Project Grant award from the Department of Defense's Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering program (CFDA 12.630) to support research and development work with potential national defense and civilian applications. The award, effective December 1, 2024 through February 28, 2025, will fund advanced research on topics such as quantum computing, space exploration technologies, and the development of...
This federal Project Grant award from the Department of Energy's Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) provides $539,272.00 to the University of Maryland, College Park to conduct research on "DISCOVERING ION-ELECTRON INTERACTIONS AT ELECTROCHEMICAL INTERFACES USING DEPTH-RESOLVED ELECTRON MICROSCOPY". The project aims to advance understanding of electrochemical phenomena at the fundamental scientific level, which could have broad implications for energy, national...
The Department of Energy's Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) awarded a $600,000 Project Grant to the Regents of the University of Michigan to conduct research on high-energy electron acceleration and secondary radiation generation. The key objectives are to optimize the generation of high-energy electrons (>100 MeV) from the interaction of a relativistic laser pulse with an underdense plasma target, and to investigate the associated beamed synchrotron x-rays...
This $412,430.00 Project Grant was awarded on July 15, 2023 by the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The grant funding will support the University of Maryland, College Park in elucidating the role of chemical composition in topological superconducting materials and devices. As a state-controlled institution of higher learning, the University of Maryland, College Park will conduct research...
The federal Project Grant award of $920,000 from the Department of Energy's Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) will support fundamental high energy physics research at the University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley). The award, effective July 1, 2024 through April 30, 2026, will fund hypothesis-driven, innovative research projects that aim to advance U.S. energy, economic, and national security priorities through transformative scientific discoveries in areas...